No species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron--except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in history--a journey... show more

No species has ever reached for the stars without the guidance of a patron--except perhaps mankind. Did some mysterious race begin the uplift of humanity aeons ago? Circling the sun, under the caverns of Mercury, Expedition Sundiver prepares for the most momentous voyage in history--a journey into the boiling inferno of the sun.

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Series: Uplift #1 I read the two books that come after this one in the series a few years ago and I liked them, so I was looking for some background on that word but I think this one went further back than I'd like. Earth has encountered the various races of aliens that have a tradition of "uplift...

The Earth has been brought into the galactic fold, but finds itself a pariah because of its dubious pedigree. All the other races in the galaxy have achieved sentience through uplift by older and wiser species. Or so the galactics' propaganda maintains. Common wisdom dictates that it would be imposs...

This book is both a sci-fi and murder mystery in one. While it took a little work to get through the first few pages which set up the story line, I was engrossed from that point on. As the story starts, humanity has just joined a galactic civilization where there is a pecking order to each species b...

Series: The Uplift Saga #1 Publisher: Bantam Spectra (2010 - first edition 1980) Genre(s): Science Fiction Edition read was the following: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1...I'll do a proper review later on, maybe, but I am disappointed in this first installment. The premise is amazing: Human...

2014 re-read. The first book of the uplift trilogy and somewhat different in style from the novels that followed. This is mostly a murder mystery in space and was enjoyable for what it was. You should read this one to see how much the story progressed as it went along...

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